Garment drying and shaping form



Nov. 10, 1936. u. D. IRWIN ET AL 2,060,395

' GARMENT DRYING AND SHAPING FORM Filed April 30, 1935 Patented Nov. 10, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Urth D. Irwin and Edward G. Irwin, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application April 30, 1935, Serial No. 19,022

6 Claims.

Our invention relates to a garment drying and shaping form and has for its principal object, the provision of a relatively simple, practical and inexpensive skeleton rack or form that may be conveniently used for drying and shaping garments and which form is capable of being easily and quickly adjusted in length and width so as to be used for drying and shaping garments of different sizes.

10 A further object of our invention is, to provide a form of the character referred to that is constructed in two parts capable of being readily assembled or taken apart and the upper member of the form being shaped so as to receive waists,

5-: blouses, sweaters and like garments and the lower member of the form being shaped so as to receive skirts.

As a result of this two-part construction, the form may be conveniently utilized for receiving a one-piece garment or when the members are separated, the upper member may be used for drying and shaping a waist, blouse, sweater or the like and the lower member separately used for drying and shaping skirts.

A further object of our invention is, to provide a rack or form that is especially designed for the drying and shaping of knitted garments or any garments composed of fabric that tends to shrink during the cleansing thereof and which garments 30 must necessarily be properly shaped in order to present a neat and finished appearance when worn.

With the foregoing and other objects in view our invention consists in certain novel features 35 of construction and arrangements of parts that will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is an elevational View of a garment dry- 40 ing and shaping form.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

45 Fig. 4 is an elevational View of the lower portion of the upper member of the form.

Fig. 5 is an elevational view of a member that is detachably applied to the upper part of the form for receiving a full length sleeve.

50 Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the lower portion of one of the side members of the lower part of the form.

Fig. 7 is a vertical cross section taken on the line 'l---'! of Fig. 1.

55 Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing which illustrates a preferred embodiment of our invention, I0, l designate the upright side members of the lower part of the form, which members are preferably constructed of wire or narrow strips of substantially semifiexible material such as rubber, celluloid or the like. These members are slightly inclined toward each other so as to converge toward the upper portion of the lower member so as to conform to the general shape of the main body portion of a skirt and the 10 upper portions H of the members H] are more abruptly inclined toward each other so as to conform to the shape of that portion of the skirt that surrounds the hips.

The upper portion of one of the side members I0 above the inclined portion l l is extended horizontally toward the upper end of the other member and the end of said inwardly projecting portion terminates in a hook l2 in order that the lower member of the form may be suspended while drying and shaping a skirt.

The outer ends of horizontally disposed rods or wires l3 are rigidly secured in any suitable manner, preferably by welding to the side members l0 and the inner ends of these horizontal mem- 5 bers are threaded and receive conventional buckles I4, thus providing simple and efficient means for adjusting the width of the lower part of the form.

At the lower portion of the lower member of the form, the outer ends of a pair of horizontal rods or wires [5 are provided with loops l6 that slide freely on the lower portions of members it! and the inner ends of these members l5 are threaded for the reception of a turn buckle I1.

The upper ends of a pair of vertically disposed wires or rods l8 are looped around the upper pair of transverse members l3 and a corresponding pair of Vertical members l9 have their lower ends looped around the lower pair of transverse mem- 4O bers I5.

The lower ends of vertical members l8 and the upper ends of members [9 are threaded for the reception of turn buckles 20, thus providing convenient means for adjusting the lower transverse members [5 vertically upon the lower portions or" the side members I0 so as to accommodate skirts of different lengths.

The upper part of the form comprises a pair of side members 2|, the intermediate portions 22 of which are'bentv inwardly so as to conform to the shape of the waist portion of a garment and rigidly secured in any suitable manner to the members 2|, are the outer ends of horizontally disposed rods or wires 23. The inner ends of 5.

these transverse members are threaded for the reception of turn buckles 24, thereby providing for the convenient adjustment of the upper part of the form in width.

To firmly connect the upper portion of the lower part of the form to the lower portion of the upper part, pairs of clamping plates 25 that are drawn together by clamping screws 26 are applied to the transverse members 23 that connect the waist portions 22 of the side members 2| and the upper pair of transverse members [3 that connect the upper portions of side members If].

When the upper and lower parts of the form are assembled, the inclined upper portions H of side members 10 overlie the lower portions of side members 2| of the upper part of the form as illustrated in Fig. 1 and when the clamping screws 26 are tightened, the two parts of the form are held in proper assembled relation.

The upper part of the form comprises a pair of members 21 formed from wire or the like and shaped so as to receive and support the shoulder and neck portions of a garment.

The lower portions of the wire forming these members 21 are horizontally disposed with their ends threaded for the reception of a turn buckle 28, thereby enabling the shoulder supporting member of the form to be readily adjusted in width.

The upper end of the wire forming one of the members 2'! is bent upward to form a hook 29, in order that the entire form or the upper part thereof may be suspended from a suitable support.

Rigidly secured to the outer end portions of the members 21 and to the upper ends of the side members 2|, are tubular sockets 30 for the reception of the ends of members that extend into and support the sleeves of the garment while the same is being dried and shaped.

These sleeve engaging members 3| are preferably formed of wire bent into U-shape and when applied to the form the ends of the legs of these U-shaped members are removably seated in the sockets 30.

In Fig. 1 the sleeve engaging members are relatively short in order to be inserted in the short sleeves of a garment and in Fig. 5 the member is elongated in order to extend entirely through a full length sleeve.

Thus it will be seen that we have provided a garment drying and shaping form that is relatively simple in construction, inexpensive of manufacture and very effective in performing its intended functions.

The form assembled as illustrated in Fig. 1 may be used for shaping a one-piece garment while the same is drying or by removing the clamping plates 25, the lower part of the form may be used for shaping a skirt while the same is being dried and the upper part of the form may be used for shaping waists, blouses and sweaters while the same are drying.

Both parts of the form are readily adjustable in length and width so as to receive and shape garments of different sizes.

When a skirt is applied to the lower part of the form, the lower edges of said skirt are drawn into position beneath the lower pair of transverse members l5 and secured to each other by stitching or by pins, and the upper portion of the skirt is likewise drawn over the upper portion of the lower part of the form and secured by pins or stitching, thus holding the skirt against shrinking lengthwise during the drying and shaping period.

It will be understood that minor changes in the size, form and construction of the various parts of our improved garment drying and shaping form may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without departing from the spirit of my invention, the scope of which is set forth in the appended claims.

We claim as our invention:

1. A garment drying and shaping form comprising an upper frame formed in two parts and a lower frame, the latter including a pair of side members, means including pairs of transverse rods and turn buckles connecting the inner ends thereof for adjustably connecting said side members, the lower part of the upper frame including a pair of side members, adjustable means connecting said last-mentioned side members, vertically disposed adjustable means connecting the two parts of the upper frame and readily releasable means for connecting the upper portion of the lower frame to the lower portion of the lower part of the upper frame.

2. A garment drying and shaping form comprising an upper frame formed in two parts and a lower frame, the latter including a pair of side members, means including pairs of transverse IOds and turn buckles connecting the inner ends thereof for adjustably connecting said side members, the lower part of the upper frame including a pair of side members, adjustable means connecting said last-mentioned side members, vertically disposed adjustable means connecting the two parts of the upper frame, readily releasable means for connecting the upper portion of the lower frame to the lower portion of the lower part 7 of the upper frame and garment sleeve engaging members detachably connected to the side portions of the two parts of the upper frame.

3. A garment drying and shaping form comprising an upper frame and a lower frame, the lower frame including a pair of side members, means including pairs of transverse rods and turnbuckles connecting the inner ends thereof for adjustably connecting said side members, the upper frame including a pair of side members, adjustable means connecting said last-mentioned side members, a two-part garment shoulder and neck supporting member adjustably connected to said upper frame, means connecting the two parts of the garment shoulder and neck supporting member for adjusting the length thereof and readily releasable means for connecting the upper portion of the lower frame to the lower portion of the upper frame.

4. A garment drying and shaping form comprising an upper frame and a lower frame, the lower frame including a pair of side members, means including pairs of transverse rods and turnbuckles connecting the inner ends thereof for adjustably connecting said side members, the upper frame including a pair of side members, adjustable means connecting said last-mentioned side members, a garment shoulder and neck supporting member adjustably connected to said upper frame, readily releasable means for connecting the upper portion of the lower frame to the lower portion of the upper frame and garment sleeve engaging members removably connected to the upper portion of the upper frame and to parts of said garment shoulder and neck engaging member.

5. In a garment drying and shaping form, a skeleton frame shaped to receive the skirt portion of a garment, means for adjusting the width of said frame, means for adjusting the length of said frame, a skeleton frame adapted to receive the waist portion of a garment, means for adjusting the width of said second mentioned frame, means for adjusting the length of said second mentioned frame, readily releasable means for connecting the upper portion of the skeleton frame that receives the garment skirt to the lower portion of the frame that receives the waist portion of the garment, a two-part frame for receiving the neck and shoulder portions of a garment, adjustable means connecting the two parts of said last mentioned frame for adjusting the length thereof and garment arm supporting members detachably connected to the upper portion of the waist receiving frame and the two parts of the neck and shoulders receiving frame.

6. In a garment drying and shaping form, a

skeleton frame shaped to receive the skirt portion of a garment, means for adjusting the width of said frame, means for adjusting the length of said frame, a skeleton frame adapted to receive the waist portion of a garment, means for adjusting the width of said second mentioned frame, means for adjusting the length of said second mentioned frame, means for detachably connecting the upper portion of the first mentioned frame to the lower portion of the second mentioned frame, a two part frame adapted to receive the neck and shoulder portions of a garment, adjustable means connecting the two parts of said last mentioned frame and adjustable means connecting the two parts of said last mentioned frame with the upper part of the frame that receives the waist portion of the garment.

URTH D. IRWIN. EDWARD G. IRWIN. 

